Product Management Job Trends

Product Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Product Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 297 259 284
Rank change year-on-year -38 +25 -73
Permanent jobs citing Product Management 481 535 822
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.67% 1.18% 0.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 1.26% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 199 315 494
10th Percentile £41,000 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,750 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -6.90%
75th Percentile £96,875 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £127,000 £95,250 £112,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,076 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.96% +8.33% -4.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Product Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 56,516 42,516 72,551
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.36% 93.70% 87.81%
Number of salaries quoted 34,044 22,349 55,477
10th Percentile £29,270 £32,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,262 £80,000 £74,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Product Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Product Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Product Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management

Product Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Management over the 6 months to 8 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Product Management in the UK

Product Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Management within the UK over the 6 months to 8 March 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -30 435 £75,000 +10.43% 196
London +40 248 £95,000 +26.67% 98
Work from Home +14 186 £75,000 +15.38% 112
UK excluding London -86 183 £63,076 -2.96% 117
North of England -30 51 £75,000 +3.45% 29
South East -54 48 £57,500 -11.54% 37
Midlands -39 34 £64,038 -1.48% 16
North West -7 31 £77,500 +1.64% 21
West Midlands -8 25 £63,076 -2.96% 9
East of England +21 21 £60,100 -7.54% 12
Yorkshire -24 17 £68,538 +110.89% 4
South West -46 17 £62,500 +2.04% 14
Northern Ireland -21 11 £75,000 +26.20% 1
East Midlands -39 9 £80,000 +33.33% 7
Wales -3 4 £61,001 +2.64% 2
North East -19 3 £63,076 -23.54% 4
Scotland -20 3 £42,000 -29.33% 9

Product Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 16 (3.33%) Confluence
2 12 (2.49%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.83%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.62%) CMS
5 2 (0.42%) CICS
5 2 (0.42%) MTS
6 1 (0.21%) Drupal
Applications
1 19 (3.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (3.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.25%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.62%) Trello
6 2 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (3.12%) Payment Gateway
2 5 (1.04%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.62%) Fidessa
3 3 (0.62%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.21%) Magento
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.21%) Shopify
4 1 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.21%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 61 (12.68%) SaaS
2 52 (10.81%) AWS
3 45 (9.36%) Azure
4 24 (4.99%) Power Platform
5 19 (3.95%) Pulumi
6 15 (3.12%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (2.70%) GitHub
8 12 (2.49%) GCP
9 10 (2.08%) GitHub Copilot
10 9 (1.87%) H2O.ai
10 9 (1.87%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (1.87%) OneDrive
10 9 (1.87%) OpenShift
10 9 (1.87%) PaaS
11 5 (1.04%) Snowflake
12 4 (0.83%) Asana
12 4 (0.83%) Collibra
12 4 (0.83%) Google Analytics
12 4 (0.83%) Miro
13 3 (0.62%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 27 (5.61%) Broadband
2 10 (2.08%) HTTP
3 9 (1.87%) SD-WAN
4 7 (1.46%) WAN
4 7 (1.46%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (1.25%) LAN
5 6 (1.25%) RTP
6 4 (0.83%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.62%) Multicast
7 3 (0.62%) Wireless
8 2 (0.42%) 5G
8 2 (0.42%) ATM
8 2 (0.42%) VPN
9 1 (0.21%) 4G
9 1 (0.21%) Bluetooth
9 1 (0.21%) Intranet
9 1 (0.21%) MPLS
9 1 (0.21%) Network Security
9 1 (0.21%) Value-Added Service
9 1 (0.21%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (4.78%) Power BI
1 23 (4.78%) Relational Database
2 21 (4.37%) NoSQL
3 20 (4.16%) RDBMS
4 17 (3.53%) Metadata
5 10 (2.08%) Data Lake
6 7 (1.46%) Tableau
7 6 (1.25%) SAP BW
7 6 (1.25%) SQL Server
8 5 (1.04%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.62%) Big Data
9 3 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.62%) SAP HANA
10 2 (0.42%) DB2
11 1 (0.21%) Data Vault
11 1 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 28 (5.82%) JIRA
2 19 (3.95%) Jaeger
3 4 (0.83%) ERwin
4 3 (0.62%) PowerDesigner
5 1 (0.21%) ER Studio
General
1 189 (39.29%) Finance
2 173 (35.97%) Social Skills
3 109 (22.66%) Marketing
4 90 (18.71%) Analytical Skills
5 53 (11.02%) Banking
6 47 (9.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 44 (9.15%) Retail
8 39 (8.11%) Legal
9 36 (7.48%) Financial Institution
10 35 (7.28%) Influencing Skills
11 32 (6.65%) Law
12 28 (5.82%) Presentation Skills
13 22 (4.57%) Public Sector
14 20 (4.16%) Manufacturing
15 19 (3.95%) Digital Economy
16 17 (3.53%) Back Office
16 17 (3.53%) Organisational Skills
17 10 (2.08%) Automotive
17 10 (2.08%) Billing
17 10 (2.08%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 137 (28.48%) Product Manager
2 69 (14.35%) Lead
3 59 (12.27%) Senior
4 35 (7.28%) Senior Manager
5 29 (6.03%) Product Owner
6 28 (5.82%) Senior Product Manager
7 21 (4.37%) Product Lead
8 19 (3.95%) Product Management Director
9 18 (3.74%) Digital Product Manager
10 16 (3.33%) Change Manager
11 13 (2.70%) Developer
12 12 (2.49%) Data Manager
13 11 (2.29%) Development Engineer
14 10 (2.08%) Security Engineer
14 10 (2.08%) Senior Development Engineer
14 10 (2.08%) Senior Software Development Engineer
14 10 (2.08%) Senior Software Engineer
14 10 (2.08%) Software Development Engineer
14 10 (2.08%) Software Engineer
15 9 (1.87%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.95%) Elastic Stack
1 19 (3.95%) OpenTelemetry
2 12 (2.49%) REST
3 9 (1.87%) Keras
3 9 (1.87%) PyTorch
3 9 (1.87%) TensorFlow
3 9 (1.87%) YAML
4 5 (1.04%) .NET
5 3 (0.62%) FIX Protocol
6 2 (0.42%) Next.js
7 1 (0.21%) CSS
7 1 (0.21%) EDI
7 1 (0.21%) FastAPI
7 1 (0.21%) Flask
7 1 (0.21%) HTML
7 1 (0.21%) PySpark
7 1 (0.21%) RESTful
7 1 (0.21%) SOAP
7 1 (0.21%) Spring
7 1 (0.21%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 91 (18.92%) Product Ownership
2 43 (8.94%) Onboarding
3 41 (8.52%) Self-Motivation
4 27 (5.61%) Management Information System
5 13 (2.70%) Cloud Native
6 12 (2.49%) Social Media
7 11 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (2.08%) Public Cloud
9 9 (1.87%) Data Centre
9 9 (1.87%) Security Posture
10 8 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.46%) Data Fabric
11 7 (1.46%) Mobile App
11 7 (1.46%) Virtual Team
12 6 (1.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 6 (1.25%) IoT
12 6 (1.25%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 5 (1.04%) Driving Licence
14 4 (0.83%) EPoS
14 4 (0.83%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 22 (4.57%) Linux
2 19 (3.95%) Unix
3 5 (1.04%) Windows
4 2 (0.42%) zOS
5 1 (0.21%) Android
5 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 254 (52.81%) Roadmaps
2 196 (40.75%) Agile
3 138 (28.69%) Product Roadmap
4 114 (23.70%) Product Strategy
5 107 (22.25%) Continuous Improvement
6 105 (21.83%) Stakeholder Management
7 91 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
8 90 (18.71%) Mentoring
9 87 (18.09%) AI
10 77 (16.01%) Analytics
11 74 (15.38%) Information Security
12 73 (15.18%) Product Vision
13 71 (14.76%) User Experience
14 61 (12.68%) Coaching
14 61 (12.68%) Decision-Making
14 61 (12.68%) Project Management
15 59 (12.27%) Business Development
16 52 (10.81%) B2B
17 50 (10.40%) Value Proposition
18 46 (9.56%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 45 (9.36%) Python
2 32 (6.65%) Java
3 30 (6.24%) SQL
4 22 (4.57%) JavaScript
5 20 (4.16%) Go
6 19 (3.95%) Bash
7 9 (1.87%) PowerShell
8 4 (0.83%) C#
9 2 (0.42%) COBOL
9 2 (0.42%) JCL
9 2 (0.42%) PHP
9 2 (0.42%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.21%) Bicep
10 1 (0.21%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.21%) R
10 1 (0.21%) SHACL
Qualifications
1 86 (17.88%) Degree
2 41 (8.52%) Master's Degree
3 29 (6.03%) Computer Science Degree
4 24 (4.99%) Security Cleared
5 20 (4.16%) AWS Certification
6 14 (2.91%) SC Cleared
7 8 (1.66%) MBA
8 7 (1.46%) DBS Check
8 7 (1.46%) PMI Certification
8 7 (1.46%) PMP
9 6 (1.25%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.83%) SAP Certification
11 3 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.62%) CSPO
11 3 (0.62%) HNC
12 1 (0.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.21%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.21%) CRISC
12 1 (0.21%) Numerate Degree
12 1 (0.21%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.99%) QA
2 15 (3.12%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.49%) Accessibility
3 12 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (2.08%) NCSC
5 9 (1.87%) NIST
6 6 (1.25%) GDPR
6 6 (1.25%) ISO 20022
7 5 (1.04%) IFRS
7 5 (1.04%) PMO
7 5 (1.04%) SLA
8 3 (0.62%) ISO 8583
8 3 (0.62%) SEPA
9 2 (0.42%) COREP
9 2 (0.42%) FINREP
9 2 (0.42%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.21%) GMP
10 1 (0.21%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 21 (4.37%) Docker
2 2 (0.42%) RACF
3 1 (0.21%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 21 (4.37%) Kubernetes
1 21 (4.37%) Terraform
2 19 (3.95%) Ansible
2 19 (3.95%) Argo
2 19 (3.95%) Kustomize
2 19 (3.95%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 1 (0.21%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 48 (9.98%) Microsoft
2 33 (6.86%) Google
3 15 (3.12%) Salesforce
4 10 (2.08%) Databricks
5 9 (1.87%) Adobe
5 9 (1.87%) Dell
5 9 (1.87%) NVIDIA
6 8 (1.66%) Oracle
6 8 (1.66%) SAP
7 7 (1.46%) Foundry
8 4 (0.83%) Sage
8 4 (0.83%) YouTube
9 3 (0.62%) Apple
9 3 (0.62%) Bloomberg
9 3 (0.62%) CQG
9 3 (0.62%) CrowdStrike
9 3 (0.62%) Patsystems
9 3 (0.62%) Reuters
9 3 (0.62%) Tenable
9 3 (0.62%) Toshiba